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Fiscal Retrenchment in State Budgeting: Revisiting Cutback Management in a New Era

Michael J. Dougherty Center for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Community Development, West Virginia University Extension Service, Morgantown, West Virginia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Kenneth A. Klase Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Pages 593-619 | Published online: 10 Jun 2009

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